Posted on 08/29/2011 9:16:27 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
pslist — control processes and their descendants
SYNOPSIS
pslist [pid/name...] pslist -h | --help pslist -v | --version
rkill [−SIG] pid/name...
rrenice [+/-]pri pid/name...
DESCRIPTION
The pslist utility examines the list of current processes to find a specified process and all its descendants. A process may be specified either by name or by process ID. If no arguments are given, pslist displays a list of the whole process tree. For each process specified on the command line, pslist outputs a line containing the process ID, the command name, and the PIDs of all the descendants (and their descendants, etc.).
When invoked as rkill, this utility does not display information about the processes, but sends them all a signal instead. If not specified on the command line, a terminate (SIGTERM) signal is sent.
When invoked as rrenice, this utility does not display information about the processes, but attempts to set their nice value instead.
RETURN VALUES
The pslist utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO
pgrep(1), pkill(1) HISTORY The pslist utility was written by Peter Pentchev in 2000. AUTHORS Peter Penchev 〈 roam [AT] ringlet.net〉 BSD June 1, 2009 BSD
That’s a BSD command—not a Linux command. :P
Funny most unix commands an ‘r’ in front stands for remote, like rsh etc.
I remember those days, really fun! I sort of miss those DPT caching controllers...
Mark
Absolutely!
I didn't specify the hardware, but yes... a PDP-11/23 running RT-11 on 8-inch floppies... another one, later, running RSX-11/M doing documentation with RUNOFF... oh yes, lots of PDP-11's back there in the dim, dark mists....
Aye, that's tellin' 'im, Laddie!
Gotta keep yer families straight!
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